Multicoloured Chum Chum (The Favourite Bengali Dessert With A Twist Of Modern Art)

Name: Multicoloured Chum Chum (The Favourite Bengali Dessert With A Twist Of Modern Art)
Prep time: 840 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 850 min
Ingredients: 300 gm Gms Homemade Chenna (see recipe below in notes homemade chenna); 2 cup Sugar; 2 cup Water; 1 tsp Rose Essence (optional); 1 tsp Essence (optional you can use cardamom or saffron as per your taste, or kewra kewra); Edible Food Colours, I Used Green (strawberry pink,saffron yellow and orange jalebi colour edible food colours i used green); to Decorate (optional silver varakh)

Amrita Iyer

Bengali

About Multicoloured Chum Chum (The Favourite Bengali Dessert With A Twist Of Modern Art)

I have experimented with Bengali Sweets a lot and this is one of my innovations!I made a plain Chum Chum and painted it on top with edible food colours making it an edible example of Modern Art.I used liquid food colours and a plain silicon brush to paint over the colours resulting in very pretty and delicious Chum Chum!

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time14 hours hrs

Cook Time10 minutes mins

Total Time14 hours hrs 10 minutes mins

Served AsSnacks

Recipe TasteSalty Sour Spicy Sweet Tangy

Servings - 15

Ingredients

▢ 300 gm Gms Homemade Chenna see recipe below in notes homemade chenna
▢ 2 cup Sugar
▢ 2 cup Water
▢ 1 tsp Rose Essence optional
▢ 1 tsp Essence optional you can use cardamom or saffron as per your taste, or kewra kewra
▢ Edible Food Colours, I Used Green strawberry pink,saffron yellow and orange jalebi colour edible food colours i used green
▢ to Decorate optional silver varakh

Instructions

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Knead the chenna for 20 â€“ 25 minutes till smooth and satiny.Take lime sized portions and roll them into oblong shapes.Press to give them the characteristic Chum Chum shape.
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Boil the water and sugar in a pressure cooker and when it comes to a vigorous boil add the prepared Chum Chum.Close lid and allow to come to 1 whistle.Lower the heat to the lowest point and cook for 5 minutes.
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Take off heat and allow to come to room temperature.Open the lid and transfer the Chum Chum with the syrup into a glass bowl.Refrigerate overnight.
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Next morning take all colours on a plate.Remove the Chum Chum from the syrup and drain.Arrange evenly on a plate.Dip the brush in the syrup and then into the colour.Paint the Chum Chum randomly with the colours to create a beautiful multicoloured top

Recipe Notes

Recipe for Chenna :

1/2 liter low fat milk

1/2 liter full cream milk

3 tbsp vinegar mixed in 1/4 cup warm water

Boil the milk till it comes to a simmer.Add the water and vinegar solution and mix till the milk separates into cheese solids or paneer.Strain through a cheesecloth or strainer and put the residue in a bowl.Knead the paneer for 25 – 30 minutes till it becomes very smooth and can be rolled into balls.

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Amrita Iyer

I am a passionate foodie who loves to cook, serve and love to see people relishing my creations. Since the time I was small I used to wonder about the 'how' of things in the kitchen.

Then when I finally ventured as an unprofessional kitchen helper for my late grand-mother (a par excellent cook in her own generation) I was fascinated by the amount of stuff you could do to a simple milk and rice to form a most yummy pudding.

Here I am sharing my recipes with a will to learn from some and educate others as well!

4 Comments

Saurabh Singh

May 3, 2023 / 1:41 pm Log in to Reply

Looks so appetizing! Thank you for posting.
Gayatri Tewani

November 30, 2021 / 4:55 pm Log in to Reply

This looks so good! Can’t wait to cook it.
Dale-Kurt Murray

May 26, 2020 / 3:24 pm Log in to Reply

This is wonderful! Can’t wait to taste it.
Gaurav monga

March 14, 2018 / 12:30 pm Log in to Reply

Looks so incredible! Thank you for sharing.